Check protector



.une 10 1924. mamm- M. a.' BEHRMAN CHECK PROTECTOR FiledSepi. '7, 1922 fjl Patented June 1o, 1924.

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MARCUS B. BN, OF NEW YORKN. Y.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

Application led September 7, 1922-. Serial No. 586,589.

. l ff" I To all wlw/m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CheckProtectors, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to "means for preventing the ligures or writing ona bank check or like paper from being successfully altered by erasure orotherwise, and more especially to a small check protector adapted to becarried in a vest or other pocket and preferably on a fountain pen so asto be handy for use by a person employing a pocket check book. y A

ln its preferred form the check protector of my invention comprises atoothed roller and a Vroller ink-pad therefor, said toothed f rollerhaving a 'series of annular rows of teeth and being adapted when rolledunder pressure on the writings or figures on a bank check to puncturethe' paper of the check in such eifective manner as to preventalteration in'such' writings or figures, which.

denote the amount or .face value of the paper, 'said `toothed roller,also, when in use, rolling against the ink-pad and, becoming inked,making an ink impression on the check while puncturing the same,.the inkimpression being approximately in the form of dots corresponding withthe teeth on the roller or the punctures made vthereby and cooperatingwith the puncturesin preventing the successful alteration of the check.The toothed l puncturing roller and the roller ink-,pad are panying.drawings, in which:

mounted in suitable bearings carried by a v frame which may be appliedto or form a 'permanent part of the 'cap of a fountain pen,

d threaded on its exterior and recessed at opand said rollers when notin use are conceale by a cap applied over them and preferablyrepresenting an extension of the casing of the pen. The check protectorof my invention may -beanade 'use ofwhether on or of'r from av fountainpen, and in every instance the protector is eiiicient, small and compactand may be carried on the person so as to be convenient of use at anytime a check is drawn.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accom- Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a fountain pen e ui ed with a check rotectorembod 1nq` pp' p 'yi g sleeve 15 of the base 12. 'The frame 19 is my invention;p t -L 1 same, taken on the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, ofa fountain pen whose cap has directly and permanently applied theretothe check protector of my .invention; y

lFig. 6 is an enlarged verticalsection of a modified construction ofcheck p-rotectorembodying my. invention;

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective View of one member of the checkprotector shown in Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of the checkprotector of Figs. l to 4 inclusive applied to a tube to be used as ahandle .in lieu of being applied to a fountain pen.

ln the pen of 4usual type having a cap 11 to close over the pen-pointwhen necessary.

The check 'protector of my invention, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4inclusive, includes means vfor detachably applying the same drawings 10designates a fountain upon the closed endof the cap 1,1, and saidcheck-protector comprises a base frame 12 concaved on its lower side'toclosely it the end of the cap 11 and having downwardly extendin fingers13 adapted vto closely bind against ne sides of said cap and therebyretain the check device upon said cap. The base 12 is of circularoutline andformed with an annularf'shoulder 14 and anl upwardlyextending sleeve 15, which is screwposite points of its upper edge toform bearings for the ends of the axle 16 of a soft rollerfi/nk-pad 17.

Upon 'the lower exterior portion of the sleeve 15 is a ring jamb-nut 18whose exterior vertical edge is about on the same plane with the outeredge of the shoulder 14. Upon the upper portion of the sleeve 15 I applythe puncturing-roller carryingframe 19 comprising an annularbase-portion 2() and a verticaly downwardly-projectingetubular portion-or flange 21 which ,1s

internally and externally threaded and which is screwed downwardly uponthe v 1s eing pushed along over the surface of.

formed lat opposite sides of the base-mem ber v with vertical standards22 having vertically elongated bearing openings 23 in which Il mount theends of the shaft or axle v24 of the pun'cturing roller 25, theelongation'of the o enings 23 being, forone purpose, to permit theroller to yieldingly enga e the roller-pad 17 when the roller 25 a checkor the like. TheV roller 25 is of .steel and formed with a series ofannular` side by side rows of sharp-pointed teeth, as shown in Figs. 2and 3, and said roller 25 is of suitable width to puncture, when rolledover the same, the portions of a check or the like on which the amountor face value has been written or printed. The frame 19 carrying theroller 25 will lhe screwed down' upon the sleeve 15 until the lower edgeof .the roller'is in suitable relation to the ink roller .17, the finalintention bein that when the roller 25 is rolled against t e surface ofa check, said roller will alsoA roll against the ink roller 17 and beinginked thereby, will transfer the ink to the punctures in the check madeby the teeth of the roller, there thus being a double safeguard in theuse of m invention, one being the puncturing of t e check by' means ofthe roller and the secondbeing the inking' of the check at the puncturesmade by the dropped into its bearing recesses in the sleeve 15,and'thereupon the frame 19 carryin the toothed roller 25 is screweddownwar ly uponvthe said sleeve. In applying the frame 19 to the sleeve15 I maintain the A axle 24 of the toothed roller 25 at the upper endsof the slots 23 in the standards 22, so that while screwing the frame 19downwardly upon the sleeve 15, the lower edge of the roller 25v may notscrape against the pad-roller 17. After-the frame 19 \has beenvsufficientlyv applied to the-sleeve 15 and the roller 25 is inparallelism with the padl roller-17, I secure the frame 19 rigidly uponthe sleeve 15 by means ofthe j'amb-nut 18,

said nut 18 when the frame hasireac'hed its; final position beingrotated upwardly Y'against the lower edge ofthe flange 21 thereof Aforlocking the frame 19 with its roller 25 in fixed relation to thev sleeve15 and roller 17. The elongated slots 23 in the standards 22 permit meto keep the roller 25 in an elevated position while applying the frame19 to the sleeve 15,-and the threaded flange 21y enables me to secure ali ht engagement of the roller 25 and pad-ro ler 17, as shown in Fig.3,V which will be maini tained during the non-use of the protector. Whenthe protector is in use the pressure against the roller 25 will causesaid roller to move more firmly4 against the pad-A roller 17 and receiveits supply of ink there-` from, the elongated slots 23 permitting theroller 25 to move against the roller 1,7 when v said roller 25 is underpressure, as in use.

After" the vseveral parts of the interior mechanism have been assembled,as shown in Fivs. 2 and 3, the cap 26is screwed downwardly upon theflange 21 until it engages the jamb-nut 18.

The modification shown in Fig. 5 resides merely in forming the base,numbered 12 in Fig. 3, directlyon the end of the cap 30 of a fountainpen 31 and inthe consequent omission of the clamping fingers 13. In

Fig. 5 I number the base of the protector 27 and this base 27 has ashoulder 28 corre-A sponding with the shoulder 14 of Figs. 2 andY 3. Theparts above the base 27 are exactly those illustrated. in Figs. 2 and 3,and therefore do not require to be \redescribed or shown in detail.l l

In Fig. 8 I illustrate the check protector .of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive inside elevation and asI applied to a tube 32, the clamping fingers 13tightly engaging the inner-.Walls of said tube and which tube serves asa handle by which the check protector may be` conveniently operated,said tube taking the place of the fountain pen cap. The devlce lshown inFig. 8 may be conveniently carriedv in ones pocketv and made use ofwhenever desired.- In Figs. 6 and. 7 I illustrate a modifiedconstruction of my check protectorand 'the same is shown as beingadapted toi be applied to a fountain pen or to the tube 32 shown in Fig.l8. In Fig. 6 33 denotesthe base portion of the protector, and thisportion is concaved on its lower side to fit upon a fountain pen andprovided with. clamping fingers 34 which correspond with the fingers 13hereinbefore described and arefused for the same purpose. The base 33has an upwardly extending sleeve portion 35 which is annularly recessed,as at 36, to form an annular `fiange 37 which is finf ternally threadedand also to form an anv nular shoulder38 which affords a support fortheends 39 of the axle or shaft for the roller ink-pad 40.

toothed puncturing roller 42, which corre; sponds exactly with theroller 25 vof Figs. 2 and 3. The frame 41 is'formed with a lowerannularly extending threaded 'band or' ring 43 which is formed in itsoppositesides with the downwardly opening recesses 44 to re- Within thethreaded flange 37 connected with `the base 33 I apply` `a frame 41,vshown in Fig. 7, carrying the l ceive the ends of the axle or shaft 39of the sharp-pointed teeth over its surface and pad-roller 40. The ringor band 43 may be 'curiialled in said standards, and a removscreweddownwardly into the recess 36 and able cap adapted to conceal andprotect said engage the threads on the flange 37, and said roller andframe. Y l

ring orband 43 has projected upwardly 2'. A check protector comprising ahandle from opposite sides of the upper edge thereaffording on one end abase member having of a pair of standards 45 containing vertian annularthreaded sleeve extending above cally elongated openings 46 servingasbearthe saine, a cylindrical frame having a ings for the ends of theaxle or shaft 47 of threaded lower portion engaging the thread thepuncturing roller 42. The roller 42 is on said sleeve'and affordingoutwardlyr exmounted between the standards 45 with the tending sidestandards, an ink pad ller ends of its axle lor shaft loosely heldwithinpositioned within the inner portion of said A the vertically elongatedopenings 46, which frame, a puncturing roller journalled in saidopenings 46 correspond exactly with the standardsover and in parallelismwith said openings 23 in the standards 22 shown in, pad roller andadaptedto engage the same Figs. 2 and 3. and a removable cap fittingover said frame I n assembling the parts of the protector and rollers,said puncturing roller having shown in Figs. 6 and 7, I find itconvenient a series of rows of sharp pointed teeth over to turn. theframe 41 carrying the roller 42 its surface.

upside down and then drop the ends of the 3. A check protectorcomprising a supaxle or shaft of the pad-roller 40 into the porting basehaving an annular threaded recesses 44 of the ring or band 43,wheresleeve extending above the same, a roller upon I screw the basemember 33 upon the ink-pad whose shaft ends are supported' on said ringor band 43, after which the protec-v said sleeve, a frame comprising alower antor may be turned to upright position, leavnular threaded'portion engagingthe thread ing the parts in the relation they occupy inon said sleeve and vertical standards ex- Fig. 6. At this time the cap48 correspondtending above the same, a 'puncturing roller ing with thecap 26 of Fig. 2, may be journalled in said standards over and inapplied over the roller 42 land the protector parallelism with said padand adapted to may beapplied tothe end of a fountain pen, engage thesaine and having a series of rows The upper exterior edges of the sleeveporof sharp-pointed teeth .over its surface, a tion 35 is recessed andthreaded, as at 49, to removable cap fitting over Said rollers, andreceive the inner threaded lower end of thc means aSSOCiatd With 4Saidbas@ Serving 21S cap 48, as shown in Fig. 6. a handle for operatin thepuncturing In the several forms of my invention roller against a checkan the like. shown I provide a highly eflicient and very 4. A checkprotector comprising a supcompact check protector which may beconporting base having an externally threaded venientiy carried on a penor afp-irately in annular Sleeve extending above the Same, a

ones pocket for use at any time a. check" roller ink-pad whose shaftends are snpmay be drawn. The ink pad-roller is a very ported on saidsleeve, a frame comprising desirable addition to the protector and inalower internally and externally threaded creases its efficiency, but. Ido not wish to annular member engaging the thread on Said be limitedinevery instance tothe use @i sleeve and vertical standards extending thepad roller, since the puneturng roller above the same, a ring jamb nuton said very eliiciently acts as a check protector resleeve adapted toengage said member tor gardless ot the presence et the ink roller.locking said traine in 'fixed position, a I have shown and described themost pnncti'iiing roller journalled in said standefiicient forms ot myinvention at known to me but do not wish to be limited and adapt-ed toengage the same,` and a reto all of the details of form andconstrucmovable cap fitting over said rollers tion described, since I amaware that these threaded to engage the external thread on details maybe modified without departure said annular mem r. 7 from my inventionand within the scope of 5. A check protector as claimed in claim presentards over and in parallelism with said pad the appended claims. 2, inwhich said standards have verticallyr What I claim as my invention anddesire elongated openings tor the ends of'the shaft to secure byLetters-Patent, isof said puncturing roller to permit a light 1. A checkprotector comprising a supengagement of the said roller with the inkporthavin an annular vertical upwardly pad roller when the device is not inuse. extending t readed flange portion, a remov- Signed at New Yorkcity. in the county able frame threaded to engage said flange of NewYork and State of New York, this and having upwardly extending side.stand- 6th day of September A. D. 1922.

ards, a puncturing roller having a series of MARCUS B. BEHRMAN.

